Back when my day-to-day duties included database administration work and enterprise architecture, I became rather obsessed with the idea of operational excellence . I read everything I could on the topic. I made a list of favorites, which became somewhat Read More...

There are so many great tools out there for data professionals using Microsoft SQL Server. I really like to see all of these great tools made free to the public. On the other hand, I'm bummed that the tools are cast about in a very decentralized fashion. Read More...

Kevin here. In the 2nd edition of my book "SQL in a Nutshell", I covered the latest ANSI SQL implementation, plus the full syntax and usage of the SQL commands for IBM's DB2 UDB, Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL, and PostgreSQL. You can imagine how Read More...

I was interviewed by Mark Brunelli, the news editor for Tech Target, which appeared on the website SearchSQLServer.com. Check it out for discussion on SQL Server and Oracle interoperability at http://searchoracle.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid41_gci1270206,00.html Read More...

UK SQL Server MVP Jasper Smith pointed out a really useful resource if you work with or are concerned about both Oracle and SQL Server. The white paper, by David Litchfield of NGS Software, comparesthe numbers of security flaws identified by external Read More...